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CAMILLE: I couldn't imagine someone saying you can't speak
your language, or you can't wear clothes that identify you
with this culture, but that's what happened.
MARGARET: Before termination, I just knew this is where we were,
this is where our roots were.
I knew this is where I would always live.
NORA: The friends we had then were all farmers.
They were good people.
PROMISE: My great-grandma was part
of the tribal council, I think.
That's pretty cool too.
JACQULIN: We had a sweat lodge.
Ceremonies.
The celebration of the mother earth
and what she provides for us.
MARGARET: When it happened was 1954.
Lot of them lost their homes,
their property that they lived on.
They no longer owned it.
It went to the government.
And we had to go wherever we could survive.
It destroyed families, I believe.
JACQULIN: In the 70s we worked on restoration, but it was hard
to show that we had a tribe.
That these people were actually from here
because they were so widely spread.
MARGARET: That was quite a battle because there were days
that we just thought we'd give up.
Sometimes we didn't even have money for postage.
One time we went to Warm Springs to meet with the tribal leaders
over there and we didn't have gas money to get back.
Finally we rounded up 900 people in order for us
to have enough numbers for the senator then to even talk to us.
They would tell us, we had no right, we were just Indians,
that we didn't need this or that, you know.
CAMILLE: I'd ask "Why are we doing this?"
and she'd say because "we're going to make our lives better."
JACQULIN: It was educating, you know, our tribal members,
then county, then the state recognition then
federal recognition.
MARGARET: But we did it.
CAMILLE: Today, the tribe has grown significantly.
JACQULIN: We have beautiful buildings,
a wonderful health center.
CAMILLE: And that has helped so many families.
MARGARET: It's just how strong we want to be here.
And what we teach our children.
CAMILLE: It's like having one big extended family.
PROMISE: I'm kind of glad I have so much family.
It's pretty cool.